Kaun Banega Crorepati: All you need to know about the past winners of KBC

The 11th season of the popular show Kaun Banega Crorepati kick-started on Monday, August 19. As the show commences, let us take a recap of all the crorepatis so far.

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The 11th season of the popular show Kaun Banega Crorepati kick-started on Monday, August 19

This season, Amitabh Bachchan's game show has some new guidelines and rules for the participants

But before the season finds its winner, let us look back at all the past winners

Nineteen years ago, megastar Amitabh Bachchan took a turn to the small screen and hosted Kaun Banega Crorepati. The show took the telly world by a storm and topped the charts. That was 2000-2001 and now fast forward to 2019, the trend is still the same. The stardom of the show's host and the excitement in fans to grace the hot seat and meet Big B have only increased with time. Now, with the Season 11 (an all-new season) fans are all set to take the prize money home.

KBC is based on the UK based show called Who Wants To Be a Millionaire. Since 2000, many contestants have made it to the hot seat, but there were only a few who made it to the last and took the prize money home. The show has changed many people's lives and gave them overnight stardom. Check out the list of celebs who won the jackpot below.

Harshwardhan Nawathe

The first-ever contestant to take the jackpot home was the 27-year-old Harshwardhan Nawathe. Harshwardhan was preparing for the Civil Services back then. He later went for an MBA from a University in the UK.

Ravi Mohan Saini, Winner of KBC Junior

Ravi Mohan was only 14 when he won the whooping prize of Rs 1 crore. The class 10th student participated in KBC Junior and made his parents proud. He later decided to serve his country as an officer in Indian Police Service.

Brijesh Dwivedi

Brijesh Diwedi became the winner of the second season, however, his whereabouts were not known.

Rahat Taslim

After season 2, the third season of the show was hosted by Shah Rukh Khan due to Amitabh Bachchan's illness. The season failed to have any jackpot winner. However, after Big B returned, the season 4 of the show found its first female winner in Rahat Taslim.

Sushil Kumar

An ordinary man with the extraordinary win! Such was the story of Sushil Kumar when he won Rs 5 crore in the fifth season of the game show. He won Rs 3.6 crore after deduction of the taxes but as per various reports he failed to make wise investments.

Manoj Kumar Raina and Sunmeet Kaur Sawhney

Season 6 of the show witnessed two winners - Manoj Kumar Raina and Sunmeet Kaur Sawhney.

Taj Mohammad Rangrez and Firoz Fatima

Season 7 of Kaun Banega Crorepati again saw two winners, Taj Mohammad Rangrez and Firoz Fatima took their respective jackpot money home.

Achin and Sarthak Narula

The brothers created history by winning incredible price money of whopping Rs 7 crore in the show. The Narula brothers became the 1st highest prize money winners, earlier the title was with Sushil Kumar.

Meghna Patil

A cancer survivor Meghna Patil won Rs 1 crore in Season 8 of the show. She used the money to pay her hospital bills and education of her children.

Anamika Majumdar

Homemaker and NGO worker from Jamshedpur won the price money in the 9th season of Amitabh Bachchan's show.

Binita Jain

Binita Jain became the first crorepati of season 10. After winning Rs 1 crore, she was unsure about the Rs 7 crore question and quit the game.

Well, let's wait and see which contestant takes the prize money home in Season 11.

Kaun Banega Crorepati: All you need to know about the past winners of KBCDescription:The 11th season of the popular show Kaun Banega Crorepati kick-started on Monday, August 19. As the show commences, let us take a recap of all the crorepatis so far.Shambhavi Mishra